Waitākere Ranges Local Board I Te Poari ā-Rohe o Te Ika Whenua o Waitākere
Consultation has concluded
This consultation closed on 13 August 2020. Thank you for having your say.
If you have any further questions/comments at this time please email us at: waitakererangeslocalboard@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
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Thank you to everyone who shared ideas, insights and gave feedback on what the Waitākere Ranges Local Board should include in their next three-year plan. It has been great to hear from you and see your creative ideas and passion for your communities and neighbourhoods.
From 13 July, 2020 we will come back to you with an opportunity to have your say on the draft Waitākere Ranges Local Board Plan.You can view all the ideas submitted during phase one of the consultation below
View All Ideasover 3 years ago
Create a boardwalk across the Whatipu salt marshes
The salt marshes at Whatipu are a fantastic place for a boardwalk, which could go from the end of the lack along from Gibbons Track and cross the marshes in a meandering way to the beach. This would be a fantastic nature trail and would extend the Gibbon Track into a loop track back via the beach. Having crossed the marshes without a boardwalk and forced my way through the reads and then the cutty grass, I can certainly vouch for the need for such a track. The interior of the marsh is well worth visiting, but for most the thought of bushwhacking your way across is unappealing. Open this environment up, as we have lost tracks in the bush due to Kauri die back, and making such a track available would be a great alternative.
over 3 years ago
Titirangi Beach, Wood Bay Beach, French Bay
Please fix our broken networks! We know that Auckland has huge and widespread issues, but please help make sure that the networks affecting our local beaches are prioritised for repair. Our fear is that resources will go into the more glamorous beaches on the North Shore and East of Auckland. But a huge amount of people (not just locals) used Titirangi Beach before the health warning went on it in 2016.
over 3 years ago
Prioritise reopening of walking tracks in Waitakeres
Review data available on kauri dieback by a truely independent scientist. Open tracks where there are no kauri. Or look at opening a section of the park and keeping a section closed.
over 3 years ago
Volunteering in a new "normal" needs support
COVID-19 has changed the volunteering landscape. The likely scenario for NGOs reliant on volunteers will be a short fall of people unable to volunteer as in pre-COVID days. With seniors [over 65yrs] being the back bone of many of our volunteer activities in the community now unable [unwilling through health fears?] to undertake their usual roles, this will leave a big gap in the ability of NGOs to deliver services at pre-COVID levels. An increasing number of people will also be subsisting on a much reduced income will be accessing community services in larger numbers and the community groups stepping up to support them will need additional people to support the delivery of those needs – these are generally volunteers. The increasing numbers of unemployed people will also be looking to contribute, retrain and wanting to ensure their own good mental health will need support in sourcing community voluntary activities that will best meet their needs. We need to support our community organisations to relook at their volunteer involving programmes and practices, how they recruit, support, identify and allocate voluntary tasks, ensuring the health and wellbeing of both the recipients and the volunteers. Volunteering Auckland is well placed to support the volunteering needs of both the person looking to contribute and those community groups needing support in their volunteer engagement processes and practices. Our database can also track referrals to needs by suburb and by local board. We are able to operate regionally and virtually. Volunteering will increasingly become a way to ensure a resilient community.
over 3 years ago
Complete what you already promised
Rather than start anything new, actually deliver on what was planned last term: open local tracks that have been closed for nearly a year, toilets for Titirangi and swimable beaches funded through the targeted rate.
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